Fall Loafers
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Fall Footwear
We are still gearing up for Fall over here, and Raquel recently bought a pair of loafers and wanted to highlight how to put together this look for the season. She got a pair from Bass, which has been around since the 1800’s and is really the standard loafer that all should be judged by.
Slow Fashion
With the launch of the initial Phoebe Philo collection continuing to draw closer, Vogue has a nice piece on some of the brands that stepped into the void when she left Celine in 2017:
When Philo first left the scene (almost five years ago), there was the question of “what will we do?”—a feeling that there would forever be a hole where her clothes used to be. The return of Phoebe Philo as a direct-to-consumer brand with limited drops, puts her in the company of other womenswear currently rejecting the fashion calendar to focus on small offerings that showcase their own idiosyncratic tastes, with clothes that retain an air of anonymity. It’s a testament to Philo’s own influence, and it’s almost like she’s coming full circle. Change begets change.
Mentioned is Old Stone Trade, a multi-brand site that showcases designers that make most of their pieces to order, and are not bound by any sort of fashion calendar or beholden to an order from a retail store.
Their apparel in particular looks great, as do some of their home pieces.
Also mentioned is our perennial favorite, Cristaseya, whose by-appointment only showroom you all should totally visit next time you are in Paris and want to go to the 9th.
Buying Talent
With fashion week in NY starting, one of the bigger stories of the week flew a bit under the radar. An affiliate of Kering, parent company to Balenciaga, Gucci and Saint Laurent, is buying CAA, a leading talent management agency. CAA is one of the biggest talent agencies in the world, helping the likes of Tom Hanks, Zendaya and Jack Grealish negotiate their contracts and endorsements, all in exchange for a small cut of the deals.
But now, CAA will be reporting into Kering; what does that mean for celebrities that are used to booking lucrative fashion campaigns for their rivals? From the NYT:
Even if the new CAA is separate from Kering, for example, would LVMH, the world’s dominant luxury group, want to pay millions to celebrities to represent its brands when it knows that a percentage of that payment will enrich a company with a relationship to its competitor?
Will Bulgari, for example, continue to book Zendaya knowing that their rivals will now get a 10% cut of the fees?
It’s really going to change how PR and celebrities interact with the luxury fashion world, and shows that the biggest houses in Europe are going to start looking for growth outside of their traditional expertise in apparel/bags/shoes/jewelry/beauty.
Links.
Mill Basin Deli and its Lichtenstein’s.
Swatch’s new collab with Blancpain.
Peter Do, Helmut Lang and NYFW.
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Chris & Raquel